Sad-iron.



No. 757,139. PATENTED APR. 12, 1904.

M. MoLAUGHLIN.

' SAD IRON.

APPLIOATION rum: MAY 12, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

' UNITED STATES- ]Patented April 12, 1904.

MARY oLAuenIn or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssleNon or ONE-HALF T ANN H. CASSEL, or PHILADELPHIA, rnNNsrLvANrA.

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srEcInc 'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,139, dated. April 12, 1904.

' Application filed liiay 12, 1903. Saris-11lo- 166,738. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY MoLAUsHLrN, of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention has reference to sad-irons; and it consists of certain improvements which f are fully set forth in the following specification and shownin the accompanying draw- .ings, which form a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction of sad-iron especially adapted for ironing pockets and those portions of waists or corsets which come between the bones.

In carrying out my invention I provide the body of the iron with a long flattened nose, fiat on the under side and slightly inclined .upon the upper surface. The end is formed of considerable width and with rounded corners to suit the general shape andcontour of.

a pocket. The body of the iron is preferably of much greater mass, so as to. give the desired weight and retain the heat.

My'invention also 'comprehends details of construction which, together with -the above features, will be better understood by reference to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of a sad-iron embodying my invention and having a portion in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the same on line i of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is aside elevation of the sad-iron with the auxiliary iron detached and placed in the chamber of the handle.

A is the body of the sad-iron and is provided with the long flattened nose B. This nose is approximately the shape of a pocket, the 6nd C being very slightly curved, with The handle may be of any desired shape or construction when the parts above described are used alone; but in the preferred form the handle D is made tubular, with the vertical portion E forming an upright chamber E, open at the top, as at F. This chamber is of a sizeto just receive the detachable iron G, as shown in Fig. 5. This iron G consists of a narrow body provided at one end with a shank H, extending transversely. When the iron G is in the chamber, as shown in Fig. 5,

sad-iron holds it stationary whilethegarment' to be ironed is pressed upon it or moved over. its surface.

This iron G is especially useful in ironing the fabric between boxes or steels of corsets orthose portions of the garment where avery narrow iron is required.

It will be observed that by the construction shown the body of the iron Gr comesover the center of the sad-iron, so that no. degree of downward pressure can upset the sad-iron the shank extends rearwardly through the when acting as a base or support for the iron G. p

When the iron G is in-the chamber E, as shown in Fig. 5, it acts to increase the weight of the iron as a whole and also absorbs heat,

and-hence tends to retain the iron in a heated condition for a longer period of time. I

I do not limit myself to any special location the spirit of Having now described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. A sad-iron having a thick body portion and a long forwardly-extended thin portion made of a width substantially equal to the body portion and tapering in thickness from the body portion to the end whereby the end is Very thin and the increasing thickness permits the heat to be conducted readily throughout .theextended thin portion without excessmade flat on the bottom and curved on the top in a transverse direction, substantially as shown.

3. A sad-iron having a thick body portion provided with a handle and a forward extended thin portion of approximately the width of the body portion and having the end blunt with rounded corners and made relatively flattened in shape vertically with a gradual taper from the end to the body portion.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

MARY MGLAUGHLIN.

Witnessesz- R. M. KELLY, WM. RooNEY. 

